jérôme havre

Jérôme Havre was born in France in 1972. After completing his preparatory artistic studies in textiles, Jérôme Havre studied at the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris. During his time at the School of Fine Arts he developed various artistic techniques, including drawing, sculpture, fresco painting and multimedia. It was here he became interested in depicting news images through acrylic and oil painting. He was introduced to various creative process, including wax modelling and bronze casting during a residence at the Foundry de Coubertin. In addition, during his studies he was awarded three scholarships that enabled him to pursue different art practices: silk printing techniques in New York (Cooper Union), printing techniques in Barcelona (Bellas Artes) and painting and video in Berlin (Universität der Künste Berlin - HDK) in the workshop of Marwan Kassab Bashi, where he began his project “ Magnifique Isolation”. This project, inspired by his personal experiences and by art history has been the basis of his artistic process for the last ten years. Since 2001 Jérôme Havre has exhibited his works in Europe, Africa
and North America. He currently lives and works in Montreal, Canada.

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Image: Jérôme Havre,Insulae : Réflexions, 2010